AST BlackRock Value Portfolio - Prudential Annuities

III. In the Prospectus, the following is added to the end of the How the Fund is Managed/Portfolio
Managers section for AST Prudential Core Bond Portfolio:
Richard Piccirillo is Principal and portfolio manager for Prudential Fixed Income's Global Rates and
Securitized Products Team. He is also senior portfolio manager for Short/Intermediate Core and Core
Plus Fixed Income strategies. Mr. Piccirillo has specialized in mortgage-backed securities since joining
Prudential Financial in 1993. He also specializes in structured products and is a portfolio manager for
multi-sector fixed income accounts. Before joining Prudential Financial, Mr. Piccirillo was a fixed
income analyst with Fischer Francis Trees & Watts. Mr. Piccirillo started his career as an analyst at
Smith Barney, assisting in overseeing the fixed income trading desks for the planning and analysis
department. He received a BBA in Finance from George Washington University and an MBA in
Finance and International Business from New York University.
IV. In the Prospectus, the following is added to the end of the How the Fund is Managed/Portfolio
Managers section for AST Investment Grade Bond Portfolio and the Target Maturity
Portfolios:
Erik Schiller, CFA, is Principal for Prudential Fixed Income’s Global Rates and Securitized Products
Team, specializing in U.S. government securities, futures, interest rate swaps/derivatives, and agency
debentures. Mr. Schiller is senior portfolio manager for the Relative Value Hedge Strategy, a marketneutral
hedge strategy focusing on the liquid sectors of the U.S. fixed income market. In this role,
which he has held since 2006, he develops portfolio strategy, performs quantitative analysis, and
designs and implements trades for this Strategy. Mr. Schiller also manages the U.S. government and
derivatives component of multi-sector fixed income portfolios and liability-driven portfolios.
Formerly, Mr. Schiller was a Vice President for Prudential Fixed Income’s U.S. Liquidity Sector
Team. He had also been a hedge fund analyst in Prudential Fixed Income’s Portfolio Analysis Group.
Previously, he worked as an operations associate in the mortgage-backed securities group. Mr. Schiller
joined Prudential Financial in 2000. He received a BA in Economics and Mathematics from Hobart
College. Mr. Schiller holds the Chartered Financial Analysis (CFA) designation.
David Del Vecchio is a Vice President and portfolio manager for Prudential Fixed Income’s
Investment Grade Corporate Bond Team. Mr. Del Vecchio’s responsibilities include intermediate and
short corporate strategies as well as corporate security selection in intermediate and short multi-sector
strategies. Prior to his current role, Mr. Del Vecchio was a taxable money markets portfolio manager
for the Money Markets Group, responsible for managing proprietary fixed income accounts, as well as
the securities lending portfolios. Prior to joining the Money Markets Group in 2000, he was
responsible for the lending/repurchase agreements of U.S. government, agency, and STRIP securities
in Prudential Fixed Income’s Securities Lending Group. Mr. Del Vecchio joined Prudential Financial
in 1995. He received a BS in Business Administration with a specialization in Finance from The
College of New Jersey, and an MBA in Finance from New York University.
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